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A Military History of Africa

[3 volumes]

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

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A detailed and thorough chronological overview of the history of warfare and military structures in Africa, covering ancient times to the present day. A Military History of Africa achieves a daunting task: it synthesizes decades of specialized academic research and literature—including the most recent material—to offer an accessible survey of Africa's military history, from the earliest times to the present day. The first volume examines the precolonial period beginning with warfare in ancient North Africa including ancient Egypt and Carthage and continues through the cavalry-based Muslim empires of the trans-Sahara trade and the wars of the slave trade in West and East Africa. The second volume focuses on the wars of European colonial conquest and African resistance during the late 19th century, African participation in both world wars, and the early violent struggles for independence from the 1950s and early 1960s. The third volume explores warfare in postcolonial Africa, including coverage of the impact of the global Cold War, conflicts in Southern Africa from the 1960s to 1980s, the development of postcolonial African armed forces, and civil wars sparked by the discovery of precious resources, such as diamonds in Sierra Leone. Readers of this three-volume work will understand how warfare and military structures have been consistently central to the development of African societies.

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0313395705

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9780313395703

A History of Genocide in Africa

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

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A History of Genocide in Africa

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

Based on a series of detailed case studies, this book presents the history of genocide in Africa within the specific context of African history, examining conflicts in countries such as Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Rwanda, and Sudan. Why has Africa been the subject of so many accusations related to genocide? Indeed, the number of such allegations related to Africa has increased dramatically over the past 15 years. Popular racist mythology might suggest that Africans belong to "tribes" that are inherently antagonistic towards each other and therefore engage in "tribal warfare" which cannot be rationally explained. This concept is wrong, as Timothy J. Stapleton explains in A History of Genocide in Africa: the many conflicts that have plagued post-colonial Africa have had very logical explanations, and very few of these instances of African warring can be said to have resulted in genocide. Authored by an expert historian of Africa, this book examines the history of six African countries—Namibia, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, and Nigeria—in which the language of genocide has been mobilized to describe episodes of tragic mass violence. It seeks to place genocide within the context of African history, acknowledging the few instances where the international legal term genocide has been applied appropriately to episodes of mass violence in African history and identifying the many other cases where it has not and instead the term has been used in a cynical manipulation to gain some political advantage. Readers will come to understand how, to a large extent, genocide accusations related to post-colonial Africa have often served to prolong wars and cause greater loss of life. The book also clarifies how in areas of Africa where genocides have actually occurred, there appears to have been a common history of the imposition of racial ideologies and hierarchies during the colonial era—which when combined with other factors such as the local geography, demography, religion, and/or economics, resulted in tragic and appalling outcomes.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440830525

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9781440830525

Warfare and Tracking in Africa, 1952–1990

By: Timothy J Stapleton

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Warfare and Tracking in Africa, 1952–1990

By: Timothy J Stapleton

During the decolonization wars in East and Southern Africa, tracking became increasingly valuable as a military tactic. Drawing on archival research and interviews, Stapleton presents a comparative study of the role of tracking in insurgency and counter-insurgency across Kenya, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

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Routledge

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1317316894

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A Military History of South Africa

From the Dutch-Khoi Wars to the End of Apartheid

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

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A Military History of South Africa

From the Dutch-Khoi Wars to the End of Apartheid

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

This work offers the first one-volume comprehensive military history of modern South Africa. A Military History of South Africa: From the Dutch-Khoi Wars to the End of Apartheid represents the first comprehensive military history of South Africa from the beginning of European colonization in the Cape during the 1650s to the current postapartheid republic. With particular emphasis on the last 200 years, this balanced analysis stresses the historical importance of warfare and military structures in the shaping of modern South African society. Important themes include military adaptation during the process of colonial conquest and African resistance, the growth of South Africa as a regional military power from the early 20th century, and South African involvement in conflicts of the decolonization era. Organized chronologically, each chapter reviews the major conflicts, policies, and military issues of a specific period in South African history. Coverage includes the wars of colonial conquest (1830-69), the diamond wars (1869-81), the gold wars (1886-1910), World Wars I and II (1910-45), and the apartheid wars (1948-94).

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 13

9798216117728

Faku

Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (c. 1780-1867)

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

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Faku

Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (c. 1780-1867)

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

From roughly 1818 to 1867, Faku was ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom located in what is now the north-east section of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Because of Faku’s legacy, the Mpondo Kingdom became the last African state in Southern Africa to fall under colonial rule. When his father died, Faku inherited his power. In a period of intense raiding, migration and state formation, he transformed the Mpondo polity from a loosely organized constellation of tributary groups to a centralized and populous state with effective military capabilities and a prosperous agricultural foundation. In 1830, Faku allowed Wesleyan missionaries to establish a station within his kingdom and they became his main channel of communication with the Cape Colony, and later Natal. Ironically, he never showed any serious inclination to convert to Christianity. From the 1840s to early 1850s, this Mpondo king played a central, yet often understated, role in the British colonization of South Africa. While over the years his territory and power declined, Faku remained quite astute in diplomatic negotiations with colonial officials and used his missionary connections to optimum advantage. Timothy J. Stapleton’s narrative and use of oral history paint a clear and remarkable portrait of Faku and how he was able to manipulate missionaries, neighbours, colonists and circumstances to achieve his objectives. As a result, Faku: Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (c.1780-1867) helps illuminate the history of the entire Cape region.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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0889205973

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9780889205970

Husserl and Heidegger

The Question of a Phenomenological Beginning

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

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Husserl and Heidegger

The Question of a Phenomenological Beginning

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

The phenomenology of Edmund Husserl has decisively influenced much of contemporary philosophy. Yet Husserl's philosophy has come under such criticism that today it is viewed as little more than a historical relic. One of the most important and influential critiques of Husserl's transcendental phenomenology was launched by Martin Heidegger in Being and Time, which radically reinterpreted phenomenology. Timothy Stapleton returns to the origin of phenomenology to provide a clear, concise perspective on where it has been and on where it ought to be heading. This book is a careful reexamination of the internal development of Husserl's thought as well as of the ways in which Heidegger used and transformed the phenomenological method. It begins with an interpretation of the "transcendental" dimension of Husserl's philosophy, stressing the importance of the ontological rather than the epistemological problematic in determining the unfolding of Husserlian thought. The work progresses to an account of Heidegger's early works, viewed as a radicalization of Husserl's phenomenology both in name and substance. Stapleton concludes by contrasting a transcendental origin with a hermeneutic beginning point in terms of their respective ideals of intelligibility, meaning, and being; and then looks at some of the consequences of the idea of a hermeneutic philosophy.

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State University of New York Press

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143842096X

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9781438420967

African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80

By: Timothy Joseph Stapleton

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African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80

By: Timothy Joseph Stapleton

Recruiting and motivations for enlistment -- Perceptions of African security force members -- Education and upward mobility -- Camp life -- African women and the security forces -- Objections and reforms -- Travel and danger -- Demobilization and veterans.

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University Rochester Press

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1580463800

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9781580463805

Suing the Gun Industry

A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts

By: Timothy Lytton,Timothy D. Lytton

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Suing the Gun Industry

A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts

By: Timothy Lytton,Timothy D. Lytton

The first comprehensive analysis of recent lawsuits against gun makers

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University of Michigan Press

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0472032119

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9780472032112

Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War

By: Timothy C. Winegard

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Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War

By: Timothy C. Winegard

The first comprehensive examination and comparison of the indigenous peoples of the five British dominions during the First World War.

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Cambridge University Press

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110701493X

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The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964

By: Timothy Scarnecchia

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The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964

By: Timothy Scarnecchia

The author further proposes that this recourse to political violence, "top-down" nationalism, and the abandonment of urban democratic traditions are all hallmarks of a particular type of nationalism equally unsustainable in Zimbabwe then as it is now."--BOOK JACKET.

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1580462812

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No Insignificant Part

The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

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No Insignificant Part

The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

No Insignificant Part: The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War is the first history of the only primarily African military unit from Zimbabwe to fight in the First World War. Recruited from the migrant labour network, most African soldiers in the RNR were originally miners or farm workers from what are now Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, and Malawi. Like others across the world, they joined the army for a variety of reason, chief among them a desire to escape low pay and horrible working conditions. The RNR participated in some of the key engagements of the German East Africa campaign’s later phase, subsisting on extremely meager rations and suffering from tropical diseases and exhaustion. Because they were commanded by a small group of European officers, most of whom were seconded from the Native Affairs Department and the British South Africa Police, the regiment was dominated by racism. It was not unusual for black soldiers, but never white ones, to be publicly flogged for alleged theft or insubordination. Although it remained in the field longer than all-white units and some of its members received some of Britain’s highest decorations, the Rhodesia Native Regiment was quickly disbanded after the war and conveniently forgotten by the colonial establishment. Southern Rhodesias white settler minority, partly on the strength of its wartime sacrifice, was given political control of the territory through a racially exclusive form of self-government, but black RNR veterans received little support or recognition. No Insignificant Part takes a new look at an old campaign and will appeal to scholars of African or military history interested in the First World War.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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0889204985

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Colonial South Africa and the Origins of the Racial Order

By: Timothy J. Keegan

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Colonial South Africa and the Origins of the Racial Order

By: Timothy J. Keegan

Keegan disagrees with historians who see the origins of the racial state in the mineral revolution, and finds it instead in the early British rule up to the 1850s when the Cape was integrated into the trading empire. Synthesizing and reinterpreting an array of primary material, he discusses such events as the emancipation of slaves, the 1820 arrival of British settlers, a series of frontier wars, and the Great Trek of the Boers. Paper edition (unseen), $14.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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University of Virginia Press

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0813917360

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9780813917368

Africa: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century

By: Timothy Stapleton

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Africa: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century

By: Timothy Stapleton

This book examines the causes, course and consequences of warfare in twentieth century Africa, a period which spanned colonial rebellions, both World Wars, and the decolonization process. Timothy Stapleton contextualizes the essential debates and controversies surrounding African conflict in the twentieth century while providing insightful introductions to such conflicts as: African rebellions against colonial regimes in the early twentieth century, including the rebellion and infamous genocide of the Herero and Nama people in present-day Namibia; The African fronts of World War I and World War II, and the involvement of colonized African peoples in these global conflicts; Conflict surrounding the widespread decolonization of Africa in the 1950s and 1960s; Rebellion and civil war in Africa during the Cold War, when American and Soviet elements often intervened in efforts to turn African battlegrounds into Cold War proxy conflicts; The Second Congo Civil War, which is arguably the bloodiest conflict in any region since World War II; Supported by a glossary, a who’s who of key figures, a timeline of major events, a rich bibliography, and a set of documents which highlight the themes of the book, Africa: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century is the best available resource for students and scholars seeking an introduction to violent conflict in recent African history.

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No Insignificant Part

The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

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No Insignificant Part

The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War

By: Timothy J. Stapleton

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Africa: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century

By: Timothy Stapleton

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